{"product_id":"9781855757288","title":"The Challenge of Attachment for Caregiving, Reissued","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this classic work, now reissued, extensions of the Bowlby\/Ainsworth attachment theory are described. It also discusses how human beings aspire to reach ideals or, not infrequently, defensive idealizations. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Attachment for Caregiving\u003c\/i\u003e proposes a model for the development of caregiving, and shows its relation to therapeutic practice while complementing and extending attachment theory. The authors place the instinctive systems for caregiving and careseeking within a theory relating them to other systems of the self, and present the material in a form that enables the therapist to formulate hyptheses about a client's predicament and their way of relating to the therapist and then explore and test these hypotheses in the course of therapy.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Challenge of Attachment\u003c\/i\u003e is now being used as a necessary textbook to introduce trainees to McCluskey’s model of how to intervene in a psychotherapeutic manner with individuals, couples and groups.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Karnac Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47038328373488,"sku":"9781855757288","price":42.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781855757288_p0.jpg?v=1763598424","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781855757288","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}